ABOUT THE ROLE:
We're looking for an experienced and ambitious Senior Employment Coach to lead a dynamic portfolio of employment and wellbeing projects at Groundwork Greater Manchester. The successful candidate will need to hit the ground running by taking the lead on an exciting new Tameside Job Club, delivered as part of the Economic Employment Trailblazer initiative. In this role, you will redefine what a Job Club can be, championing a people-first approach and helping individuals of all ages, skills, and abilities to improve their life chances.
Across this project, and within the wider portfolio, you will work with employers, partners, and training providers to create innovative opportunities that enable people to build skills, connect with employers, and realise their potential.
The successful candidate will oversee project budgets and resource management, ensuring all work is sustainable and impactful. Acting in a senior capacity, the postholder will inspire, collaborate with, and guide the team, using data and insights to ensure Groundwork continues to create meaningful change for individuals and communities.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:
This role will suit someone who is passionate about helping people move forward in life, with solid experience in delivering targeted employment coaching and wellbeing programmes.
You'll be the kind of person who can design flexible and innovative group work and adapt your approach to meet the needs of different groups.
We're looking for a confident communicator and natural coach who can motivate, inspire, and build strong relationships, backed up by good knowledge of the employment and wellbeing sector.
Strong organisational and project management skills will help you juggle multiple priorities, and you'll be comfortable using technology day-to-day.
A full UK driving licence is essential, as you'll need to be mobile and flexible to support our projects across the region.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role. As a Gold Award Employer Recognition Scheme holder with the Armed Forces Covenant, we also offer a guaranteed interview to veterans who meet the essential criteria for the role.
At Groundwork we ensure that we provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that we organise. We are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all the people we appoint are suitable to work with our children, young people and adults.
22.5 hours per week, will consider full time hours per week)
Based at Groundwork offices in Ashton-under-Lyne and/or community bases and offices within Greater Manchester.
We aim to support a healthy work-life balance. As such we operate a flexi-time system and part-time and flexible working options are available. We are happy to discuss preferred working arrangements with candidates within the parameters of the role requirements.
Overview of the Post
Senior Lead responsible for leading a large scale programme of employment and wellbeing, personal development & coaching services.
Responsible for
· Ensuring excellent operational delivery within programmes focused on participant experience, achievement and progression and meeting commissioner, partner and stakeholder requirements
· Effective financial management and forward financial planning for programme area
· Leading and managing business development function for programme area in line with growth targets and priorities
· Driving culture and values within delivery team
Delivery
· Lead all aspects of a portfolio of employment and wellbeing related training and employment projects for young people and adults
· Complete all necessary monitoring, assessment, action planning and review processes required by project funders and stakeholders.
Business & Service Development
· Lead the development of a portfolio of new projects relating to employment and wellbeing
· Support the development of content for best practice for employment and wellbeing programmes of work
· Manage and develop relationships with range of partners at project level, including employers and specialist training providers, using information to support the design of new provision
· Identifies opportunities for developing new projects and activities relating to the delivery of targeted learning and support
· Uses internal and external data relating to employment and wellbeing, and shares learning with team to inform service development and practice
Financial & Resource Management
· Responsible for project budgets and planning for effective use of resources for delivery
· Supports development and delivery of financial sustainability plans for employment and wellbeing related projects and thematic programmes
· Actively looks for sustained cost savings and funding opportunities to support service improvement and development plans for internal support function or external service area; makes recommendations to managers
People Management & Development
· Line management of project staff
· Embeds culture and values through own area of responsibility
· Responsible for project staff performance (well-being, development & performance)
· Pro-actively shares specialist skills and knowledge with others
Internal Management
· Embeds policy and procedure within directly managed projects and programmes or internal support services
· Supports delivery of elements of business improvement priority plans (as identified within our strategy) within specialist area
· Remains on top of market and emerging trends/latest insights for specific role/specialism and learns from data to improve internal and external service delivery
To apply for this role, please download the documents from our website and return them to
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £17,430.44 per year
Expected hours: 22.5 per week
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Bereavement leave
* Childcare
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Flexitime
* Free parking
* Sick pay
* Work from home
Work Location: In person